Device for imparting motion.



v W. H. YOST & G. B. DOREY.

DEVICE FOR IMPARTING MOTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.11,I9H.

1,177,672. Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

- pcs l 5 if imme-n10 3751 attain/e UNITED sTA ns PA N OFFICE.

WINFIELD HANCOCK Yos'r AND 'GEORGE Bram. nonnv; or" MONTREAL, Queens,CANADA, Assrenonsrononenn BALLAST-CAR COMPANY; or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS,

A CORPORATION- OF MAINE.

DEVICE roa- IMPARTING MOTION;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Application filed January 11, 1911. Serial; No. 602,076.

To all'whom z't-may concern:

Be it known that we, \VINFIELD HANCOCK Yos'r, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and GEononBrsE'r Donnr, a subject of the King of Great Britain;both residentsof the city of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec,Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinDevices for Imparting Motion; an'd'we do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear; and eiiact 'description of the same.

Our inventionrelates to operating mechanism of thetype in whichoperation of amovable' part is elfected by an oscillatory orreciprocatory device adapted to alternately engage with and disengagetherefrom; andfurther tdmanually operated devices of the above type inwhich the manually operated member is adapted to remainout-of opera:tive relation with and adjacent to the said part when the device is notin operation. The invention has for its object to providean improveddevice of this kind which will be more simple in construction and easilyoperated than those heretofore-lmown, and in which the parts wil-lnot beliable to get outof order when the device is in use.

I Uther objects and advantagesof theinvention will be apparent to thoseskilled in the art from a consideration of the follow-- ing descriptionand accompanying drawings in which one form of construction embody-1 ingthe invention has been described and illustrated and iirwhich similarreference characters. indicate the sameparts;

Referring'now to the drawings 1' Figurel' is a plan view ofithe devicein use; Fig.2 is a side eleva'tion thereof and Fig. .3: is an enlargedplan viewofa portion of the device; the-operating member being shown insection;

In the embodiment of 'our invention here-- in: illustrated the-partto bemoved com prises vertical shaft 6 forming the brake" mast of a car, acorner post and topp-la-teofthe 'car being shown-at 0- a'nd drespectively;

this shaft h aving. fixed thereon a device adapted to be'en'gaged andmovedby the operating mechanism; the device thus form ing-- partof'the'shaftgor other part to be moved or rotated.

to the shaft as at e and further secured This---,devi ce isprefer: jably in the form of a ratchet wheel ekeyed engage and release the saiddevice upon 7 operation of the lever, this member as here shownbeing-inthe form of a-pawl 5/ adapted to'engage the teeth of the ratchetwheel 6'.

The lever f with the pawl g is in the present embodiment of ourinvent-ion carried upon abracket arm or carrier revoluble concentricallywith the ratchet wheel, this carrier as-hereshownbeing. formed by a twopiece strap. h loosely encircling an elongation of the hubi of theratchet wheel and having upwardly extending ends j, a. flange Z onthehub z preventing longitudinal dis,- placement of the carrier whilethe twoparts of the strap are held in position by a hook and slotconnection m and a bolt n or other suitable means. The lever f isconnectedto opposite-sides of the other as shown in Fig.

3', the lever'having formedon opposite sides thereof; a. pair ofoppositelyfacing .lugs f adapted,=asshown inFiglB, to bear against theends ofth'e carrier when the leveris in engagement withthe ratchet wheelin order to preventundueistrainon the bolt It. By meansof this;connection the lever f has limited movement relativelyto the carrier,

the limiting of this movement being. effected by'the parallel sides ofthe opening. engag ing the 'bolt} h and the lugs j bearing upon theendsjof thecarri'er. It'willthus-be I seen-thatthe lever and carrier togetherformv a. j ointe'dlever the relative movement of the parts. of whichcauses the lever to engage with and disengage from the ratchet wheelupon operation thereof.

Elieabo e.d s ribeasqne e ie a s ir "wheel. It will be also noted thatthis con struction provides a direct connection between the lever andcarrier permitting of movement of the lever in planes at right angles toeach other. The upper side of the engaging 8110. of the pawl-c ispreferably provided with a forwardly extending flange 9 adapted to bearagainst the top of the ratchetwheel and limit the upward swing of thehandle past its proper operative position which is shown particularly inFig. 2.

The shaft may be located against reverse rotation by any suitable meansas the weighted pawl p mounted on a bracket 9" bolted to the corner post0, this pawl engaging a second ratchet wheel s, fixed upon the shaft 12,and being held yieldingly in engagement with the ratchet wheel by aweight 5' pivoted on the bracket rand normally resting on the tail r ofthe pawl.

When the device is not in use the operating handle f hangs in theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. When it is desired to rotatethe shaft this handle or lever is swung to the position shown in fulllines in Fig. 2, in which position the pawl is in operative relationwith the ratchet wheel with which it is then engaged by a slight forwardhorizontal movement of the handle, the further movement of the handle inthe same direction causing the ratchet wheel and with it the shaft to berotated as will be readily understood, while upon the reverse movementof the handle the pawl will be withi drawn from engagement with theratchet wheel, and the lever and the revoluble bracket will swingbackward together, the pawl g automatically rengaging the ratchet wheelwhen the lever is again moved forward. When the operating handle isreleased it will fall by its own weight to the position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 2 with the pawl removed from operative relation with theratchet wheel.

lVhat we claim is as follows:

1. The combination with a part to be 7 moved, of operating meansincluding a bodily movable carrier and a lever fulcrumed upon the saidcarrier to move relatively thereto parallel to the plane of movementthereof, and adapted to engage the said part, and move said carrier andpart in unison, and means carried by the said carrier and lever forlimiting the said relative movement thereof upon movement of 3,Tl1ecombination with a part 'to'be moved, of operating means including ajointed reciprocatory lever, the parts where- 1. V of have relativemovement in the plane of operative reciprocation of the lever wherebythe lever is caused to engage with or dis-f engage from the part to beoperated, and

means independent of the part to be moved for limiting the said relativemovement of the lever parts upon being moved to a position to cause thelever to engage the said" part to be moved, for the purpose set forth.

a. The combination with a part to be rotated, of an arm pivoted atoneend concentrically to such part, a lever adapted to engage and rotatesuch part and means pro-- viding a gimbal-joint connection between thelever and the other end of said arm whereby the lever may be swung inone dd:

rection relatively to saidt arm and also in 11 another directionrelatively to such arm and at right angles to the first direction.

5. The combination with a part to be. moved, of an arm pivoted at oneendconcentrically to such part and a lever adapted to engage and rotatesuch part, the lever being pivoted to the opposite end of the arm andhaving two swinging movements independently of the latter and in two distinct directions with relation to such arm.

6. The combination with a part to be moved, of an arm pivoted at one endconcentrically to such part,a lever'adapted to rotate said part andpresenting a "fiaredf opening and a pivot pin carrled by theiarm andlocated in said flared opening.

7. The combination with a'shaft, of. a

carrier and a lever supported by' said carrier, such lever having aswinglng movement transversely of the'shaft and independently of thecarrier and a swinging movement 1n the longitudinal line of theshaft'and in- I dependently of the carrier.

8. The combination with a shaft,ot

carrier and alever' supported by said car ri'er, such lever havinghorizontal swing-- ing movement independently of the carrier and avertical swinging movement inde-: pendently of the carrier. i

9. The combination with a part tolbe moved, of operating means,including a jointed lever, one of the partswhereof is 1 formed with atransverse opening enlarging from the center toward the ends, and

means connecting such parts through the said opening.

10. The combination with a part to be moved, of operating means,including a jointed lever, one of the parts whereof is formed with atransverse opening enlarging from the center toward the ends to formoppositely flared portions the sides of each of which are parallel tothe opposite sides of the other, and means connecting such partstogether, including amember carried by the other part and passingthrough the said opening. 7

11. The combination with a rotatable part, of an arm pivotedconcentrically thereto at one end and a reciprocating lever connected tothe other end of the arm by a gimbal-joint connection whereby the levermay be swung in one direction relatively to said arm and also in anotherdirection rela tively to such arm and at right angles to the firstdirection, such lever having a member thereon adapted, when thelever isswung, to engage and rotate said rotatable part, the member having aflange extension adapted to bear against said part to be rotated andlimit the movement of the lever with respect thereto in a directionvertical to its plane of operative reciprocation.

12. The combination with a part to b together moved, of operating means,including a jointed lever one of the parts whereof is formed with atransverse opening enlarging from the center toward the'ends, and meansconnecting such parts together, including a bolt carried by the otherpart and extending through the said opening.

13. The combination with a part to be moved, of operating meansincluding a jointed lever one of the parts whereof is formed with atransverse opening, and means connecting the said parts together,including a bolt passing through the said opening in a direction commonto the plane of operative movement of the lever and carried by the otherpart, the ends of the opening being of substantially greater dimensionsthan the adjacent parts of the bolt.

14:. The combination with a part to be moved, of operating meanscomprising a jointed lever, the parts whereof have relative movement inthe plane of operation of the lever, and means for limiting suchmovement, in one direction including a pair oflugs formed on one leverpart on diametrically opposite sides of the point of connection of thelever parts and adapted to bear against the other lever part.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WINFIELD HANCOCK YOST.

GEORGE BINET DOREY. Witnesses:

ALEX Comma,

FRED J. SEARs.

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